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High Speed 2 Line: Finance

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 31 March 2026UIN 123248

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 120007 on High Speed 2 Line: Finance, whether reductions in the specified top speed of High Speed Two trains are being considered as part of efforts to align

Answered by Simon Lightwood

No. The Spending Review settlement for the current period is not dependent on the consideration of the top speed of HS2.

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